Preparing Him Room: How Sister Wilhelmina’s Benedictines Prepare for Christmas
The Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Gower, Missouri, have unique ways of entering into the Advent and Christmas seasons.
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PHOTOS: Thousands Visiting Sister Wilhelmina’s Body Over Holiday Weekend
Part of the urgency for those visiting the abbey over the holiday weekend is the limited opportunity to touch the nun’s body, which has been on public display in a room in the basement of the abbey's church for more than a week.
Morticians Mystified by Sister Wilhelmina’s Body: ‘Something Special Going on There’
Jack Klein, owner of Hixson-Klein Funeral Home in Gower, Missouri, confirmed that the religious sister’s body was not embalmed and that the wood coffin was not placed into any outer burial container.
What is Incorruptibility? Here’s What You Need to Know
A common objection to incorruptibility is the idea that the body either must have been deliberately preserved, a practice since ancient times, or that the conditions of the grave or tomb allowed for natural preservation.
Body of Carlo Acutis On Display for Veneration Ahead of Beatification
Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was known for his computer-programming skills, and love of the Eucharist and the Virgin Mary.
